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AT&T* and IBM have announced a new strategic relationship to give businesses a simplified, single-source for network security and threat management.

The two companies will offer business customers a new joint service combining security network infrastructure with advanced threat monitoring and analytics. The new service is initilly available in the US with plans for global expansion.

Cyber threats have become a Boardroom agenda with the potential to bring down an organisation’s network, create compliance issues, damage bottom lines and impact brand reputation.

Additionally, disparate security technologies create ‘security silos’ and can increase the cost and complexity of security management, making it almost impossible to uniformly monitor security threats across IT environments.

The new service from AT&T and IBM will help businesses address these challenges with a highly secure network infrastructure, analytics and the optimal blend of on-premise and next generation cloud-managed security capabilities.

AT&T and IBM will improve the management of these capabilities with the following customer benefits:
• Reduced costs and minimised complexities
• Advanced visibility with intelligence and control across diverse IT environments
• Simplified infrastructure with less need for security hardware, licenses and maintenance

Specifics of the joint offer

Individually, AT&T and IBM boast world class IT security data monitoring operations, each generating advanced security threat intelligence from the billions of security events they track each day.

Together, the companies will create a combined security intelligence source and analytics capability that will be “unmatched” in the industry.

The new offering is comprised of proven solutions from AT&T and IBM. Specific elements of the new offering include Network Security Infrastructure and Managed Security Services from AT&T, including network-based firewall, IDS/IPS, web filtering, secure e-mail gateway and distributed denial of service (DDoS) protection services for security devices managed on premise or in the AT&T cloud.

Kris Lovejoy – general manager for IBM Security Services – added: “Organizations are finding great benefits with hybrid IT strategies that blend mobile, cloud-based and on-premise IT resources. However, securing these infrastructures can be complicated without a single, integrated management system that avoids creating silos of security data making it almost impossible to uniformly monitor security threats across environments. IBM and AT&T have come together to offer unprecedented security services designed to break down those silos and better secure data no matter where it resides.”

“This is an advantageous combination of industry-leading network-based security, consulting, and analytics,” commented Christina Richmond, program director for infrastructure security at IDC.

“AT&T and IBM are meeting a real market need with a robust end-to-end security solution that provides enterprise customers with both integration and simplicity.”

Note: *AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.